A BILL to amend and reenact section three, article nine, chapter
eighteen-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to classified
employee salaries and classification generally; removing
certain provisions relating to the availability of funds for
funding the salary schedule.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:That section three, article nine, chapter eighteen-b of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:ARTICLE 9. CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE SALARY SCHEDULE AND CLASSIFICATION
SYSTEM.

§18B-9-3

. Higher education classified employee annual salary
schedule.(a) There is hereby established a state annual salary schedule for classified employees consisting of a minimum annual salary for
each pay grade in accordance with years of experience. Provided,
That payment of the minimum salary shall be subject to the
availability of funds, and nothing in this article shall be
construed to guarantee payment to any classified employee of the
salary indicated on the schedule at the actual years of experience
absent specific legislative appropriation therefor The minimum
salary herein indicated shall be prorated for classified employees
working less than thirty-seven and one-half hours per week.
Despite any differences in salaries that may occur, a classified
employee is equitably compensated in relation to other classified
employees in the same pay grade if the following conditions exist:(1) His or her annual salary is at least the minimum salary
that was required for his or her pay grade and years of service on
the first day of July, two thousand, on the salary schedule
included in this section immediately prior to the effective date of
this act; and(2) Progress is being made by the institution in meeting the
salary goals set out in this article.(b) The commission shall report to the legislative oversight
commission on education accountability on the first day of
December, two thousand one, and each year thereafter on the
progress of the governing boards toward funding the classified
employees' salary schedule established pursuant to section three, article nine of this chapter. The report shall include, but not be
limited to, a detailed comparison of funding on individual campuses
and specifically shall compare the status of funding for exempt and
nonexempt classified employees pursuant to subsection (c), section
four of this article.(c) The commission shall conduct a study and report to the
legislative oversight commission on education accountability by the
first day of December, two thousand one, on the feasibility of
considering location differential costs as part of the compensation
package for classified employees.(d) Nothing in this section may be construed to require an
appropriation by the Legislature in excess of the legislative
funding priorities as set forth in this chapter.

HIGHER EDUCATION CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

PAY
GRA
DE

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1

12,809

13,094

13,385

13,677

13,968

14,274

14,580

14,900

15,221

2

13,465

13,764

14,070

14,376

14,696

15,017

15,352

15,687

16,036

3

14,164

14,478

14,798

15,133

15,483

15,832

16,182

16,546

16,925

4

14,908

15,250

15,599

15,949

16,313

16,692

17,085

17,478

17,872

5

15,696

16,066

16,444

16,837

17,231

17,624

18,046

18,469

18,906

6

16,556

16,954

17,362

17,784

18,207

18,644

19,081

19,547

20,013

7

17,489

17,915

18,352

18,804

19,255

19,721

20,202

20,697

21,192

8

18,495

18,949

19,416

19,896

20,391

20,901

21,411

21,950

22,489

9

19,559

20,056

20,566

21,091

21,615

22,168

22,722

23,290

23,887

10

19,916

20,421

20,938

21,484

22,029

22,602

23,176

23,763

24,379

11

21,107

21,665

22,239

22,812

23,400

24,015

24,645

25,288

25,945

12

22,436

23,022

23,624

24,253

24,896

25,554

26,225

26,924

27,638

13

23,837

24,477

25,134

25,805

26,505

27,218

27,945

28,701

29,470

14

25,363

26,057

26,771

27,498

28,253

29,022

29,806

30,631

31,470

15

27,015

27,764

28,533

29,330

30,141

30,981

31,834

32,715

33,624

16

28,821

29,624

30,449

31,316

32,197

33,092

34,030

34,981

35,974

17

30,767

31,638

32,533

33,470

34,421

35,400

36,421

37,456

38,519

18

32,868

33,820

34,799

35,806

36,841

37,904

39,009

40,142

41,303

19

37,613

38,718

39,855

41,022

42,219

43,460

44,747

46,064

47,410

20

40,265

41,471

42,712

43,984

45,301

46,647

48,038

49,460

50,941

21

43,171

44,478

45,824

47,216

48,637

50,103

51,614

53,170

54,786

22

46,332

47,754

49,220

50,731

52,272

53,873

55,534

57,224

58,975

23

49,777

51,330

52,931

54,561

56,252

58,002

59,797

61,653

63,568

24

53,552

55,234

56,970

58,750

60,605

62,505

64,465

66,485

68,579

25

57,462

59,483

61,383

63,328

65,348

67,427

69,567

71,781

74,070

PAY
GRADE

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

1

15,541

15,876

16,226

16,575

16,939

17,304

17,682

2

16,386

16,750

17,129

17,507

17,886

18,294

18,687

3

17,304

17,697

18,090

18,498

18,920

19,343

19,780

4

18,279

18,702

19139

19,576

20,027

20,493

20,959

5

19,343

19,794

20,260

20,741

21,222

21,717

22,227

6

20,479

20,974

21,469

21,994

22,518

23,057

23,596

7

21,717

22,241

22,780

23,334

23,902

24,484

25,081

8

23,042

23,610

24,193

24,805

25,416

26,043

26,684

9

24,484

25,096

25,737

26,378

27,048

27,732

28,417

10

25,008

25,638

26,295

26,980

27,666

28,379

29,106

11

26,617

27,316

28,015

28,757

29,498

30,267

31,064

12

28,365

29,120

29,890

30,687

31,498

32,323

33,176

13

30,267

31,078

31,918

32,771

33,652

34,561

35,484

14

32,323

33,204

34,114

35,051

36,002

36,981

38,002

15

34,561

35,512

36,505

37,512

38,547

39,624

40,715

16

36,981

38,030

39,093

40,198

41,331

42,492

43,694

17

39,624

40,757

41,918

43,121

44,352

45,611

46,925

18

42,506

43,736

44,995

46,296

47,639

49,023

50,450

19

48,801

50,238

51,719

53,230

54,801

56,416

58,062

20

52,452

54,023

55,623

57,284

58,990

60,755

62,550

21

56,431

58,137

59,902

61,712

63,568

65,482

67,472

22

60,785

62,640

64,555

66,530

68,579

70,674

72,828

23

65,527

67,562

69,656

71,826

74,040

76,344

78,708

24

70,734

72,948

75,237

77,601

80,039

82,552

85,156

25

76,419

78,842

81,356

83,944

86,607

89,360

92,202

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to remove certain
provisions relating to the availability of funds for funding the
classified employee salary schedule.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.